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Also, that another eneral Court will be held at the Bank lfik am Tuesday, the sth April next, from ten o'clock in the fore noon until four in the afternoon, fo - the election of a Gover nor and Depaty-Governor for the year ensuing (which will be declared that evening); and the same Court will be con tinued by adjournment, and held at the same place and during the same hours, on Wednesday, the 6th April next, for the election of Twenty-four Directors (which will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter), and the election of the twenty-Lur Directors will be declared as soon as the scrutiny is over. Printed lists of the proprietors having votes will be ready to be delivered at the Bank on Monday, 21st March. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1864. No. 22,375. PRICE ..4d. STAMPED:....Sd. SHAKSPERE SCHOOL OF THE ROYAL . DRAMATIC COLLEGE. tinder the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN and his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES. WHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANiimittm IkKy dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden: T HE ENGLISH and FOREIGN LIBRARY COMPANY (Limited), 16, Old Bond-street, W. DIRECTORS. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRIS II WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 35.8 d., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at HAMMOND CHUBB, Assist-Secretary. N.8.-13y an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of George 111. no Person will be entitled to Vote at the said. Xleciion who F hall net have been Six Calendar Months pos sessed in h s own right of the stock for which he shall hen give his Vote, unlrss the said Stock shall have been acquired or shall have come by bequest, or by marriage, or by succes sion to an intes ate's estate, or by the custom of the city of _London, or by any deed of settlement after the death of any person who shall have been en.itled for life to the Dividends of such Stock PERSONS SEEKING LANDED Ii:;:: . AATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND FROVERIIES GENERALLY- _ 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." PANAMA, NEW ZEALAND, and AUSTRA LIAN ROYAL MAIL COMPANY (Limited'. (Infercolonial Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Limited.) Itv,Ostered under the Limit e d Li a bility A c t, by w hich th e liability of every shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. DIRECTORS. 'Right Hon. Lord Claud Hamilton. M.P., Chairman. Captain George Blan c , R N., 21, P r i nce ' s - gar d ens . Rd-en Colville, Esq., Director of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. George Edmett, Esq., The Elms, Maidstone. Captain C. B. Hamilton, R.N., 55, St. George's-square. Sir Richard G. A. Levinge, Bart., M.P. Edward P. W Miles, Esq. (Messrs. Miles Brothers and Co.), London, Bristol, and New Zealand. Tice -Admiral Right Hon. Lord George Paulet, C.B. Edward D. Rayment, Esq., Oakfield-house, Norwood. Charles Turner, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Robert Wilson, Esq., 45, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park AUDITORS. Proposed to be appointed at the Onlinary General Meeting in May. Henry James Lubbock, Esq. (Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock. and Co.i, and a Professional Accountant. COLONIAL AUDITOR—R. T. Hall, Esq., Government Audit office, Sydney. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts. Lubbock, and Co., London. 'the Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. BROKERS. Messrs. J. Hutchinson and Sons, Angel-court, London. Messrs. Tinley and Sons, Liverpool. SOLICITORS, Messrs. ClMilne and Beaumont, 43, Chancery-lane, London. (lENERAL MANIWER IN THE COLONIES, Captain John Vine HalL SECRETARY. James Worley, Esq. Offices—No. 41, Moorgate-street, London, E.C. INCREASE OF CAPITAL By the issue of 37,500 ordinary shares of £lO each, repre senting the nominal sum of £375,000. Li per share to be paid on application, £1 per share 14 days after allotment, £3 per share on the Ist October, 1864, and £2 per share the Ist April, 1865, making a payment of £7 per share. The Directors give notice that they are prepared to receive applications for the new shares, the issue of which was autho rised by the Special General Meeting held on the 3d March instant, in order to enable the Company to perform the con tract recently entered into with the General Government of New Zealand, for a monthly mail service between Sydney, New Zealand, and Panama, in correspondence with the Royal (West India) Mail Company's steamers between Southampton and Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama , . The Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was formed in 1858, under a contract to perform the mail service between the several provinces of New Zealand, and between that colony and Sydney, for whit t they are at present in the receipt of subsidies amounting to upwards of £36,000 per annum. From the commencement of the Panama line, in May, 186 1 , the minimum subsidies payable to the Company for the oceanic and interprovincial services will amount to £96,0.0 per annum. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, and the Pacific) Steam Navigation Company have agreed to enter into work tug arrangements for through traffic, and their fleets, with tbose of the three other steam lines, converging on the new route, will operate as "feeders" to this Company's ships. 'When, therefore, it is considered that New Zealand is 2,00 Miles nearer to England, via Panama, than by the present overland route, and 4,000 miles nearer than by the Cape of Good }lope, and that the intended line will possess the advantage of economy, both of time and money, there can be no doubt a large portion of the existing passenger, ltiht goods, and specie traffic, w cap ita l ecured by this Company. The nominal of the Company wi ll , in the agg be £562,500, of which .£41?,500 will b e p a id up. regate, The new shares will be entitled to dividend from the re spective times when the instal:Lents fall due, and on pay ments in advance interest at the rate of spercent. per annum will be allowed. The profits on existing lines are alone sufficient to pay a large dividend on the new as well as on the old shares. Detailed prospectuses, reports. and forms of application for shires can be obtained at tee offices of the Company, and of the brokers and solicitors. T HE ISLE of MAN RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited)—DOUGLAS to PEEL. Capital £lOO,OOO, in 10,000 shares of £lO each, with usual borrowing powers. Deposit £1 per share on application, further payment on allotment £1 10s. per share. Samuel Gibson Gett DIRECTORS. y, Esq . , M.P., Belfast. M'Cormick, E s q,, Londonderry, and Regent's-park, London. Richard A. Mould, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool. T. Harrison Ridley, Esq., Merchant. Liverpool, „ i 7 ,911 pp Esq . , Kew, Surrey. With power to add te - thelr number.' BANKERS. The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool. Messrs. Dui:libel], Soo, and Howard, Douglas. G. W. Hernans, ENGINEER. Esq., C.E., 13, Queen-square,Westminster. Messrs. Littl e d ale SOLICITORS. lugs Liver,oni Ridleand B rdswell, Brown's. build- Samue , , y, a l }lards, Esq., Douglas. UDITOR. Til "alifi W. Read, Esq A ~ 30, Castle-street, Liverpool. SECRETARY. Thomas Bagot, Esq , 5, James-slreet, Liverpool. BROKERS. P. B. Drinkwater, Esq , 3 , 2 , Exchange- st. East, Liverpool. Charles Stanley, Esq., 3, Throgmortow street, Loudon. ward Ashworth, Esq., Exchange- chambers, Manchester. • J, Beverley, Esq., Leeds. This Company has been formed for the construction of a nailway from Douglas to Peel (passing through St. John's), lin the Isle of Man. The improved trade of these important towns, as well as the prosperous condition and increasing population of the island, and the rapid augmentation of the number of visitors during late years, call for the immediate introduction of railways. The Agricultural capabilities of the Island are great; and its Mineral products are acknowledged to be rich in yield and avove average value ; whilst around the Coast there are extensive Fisheries, and an unlimited supply of Sea weed for Manure. The expense and trouble, however, of land-carriage, have hitherto rendered these advantages com paratively unavailable. Slate Quarries are in active operation; and the quality of the Slate is equal in closeness of grain and durability to any produced from the great Welsh quarries. The Granite near St. John's compares favourably with that now used in the Liverpool Dock Works, and would at once, by m ean s o f railway facilities, become available for export. One of the proposed Stations on the line will be at St. John's, where the Courts of Tynwald meet, and which is also the centre of the Foxdale mining district. The produce of these mines is now brought by land-carriage (there being tie water communication) to Douglas, a distance of nearly ten miles, whilst Coals and other important materials, as well as all necessaries required by the inland population, are conveyed into the interior by the same mode. Besides these items of traffic, the Fairs, which are frequently held during the year in this district, must add considerably to the annual revenue of the Company. The principal towns are Douglas, Peel, Castl e t own , Ramsey, a n d L axey : D oug l as b e i ng the chief port, and the great commercial depot, as well as the principal place of arrival and departure of the steam packets plying to and from the Island. At the port of Peel the fisheries are prin cipally conducted, employing upwards of 1,000 vessels; the place of destination for the produce is Douglas ; the route is tedious, and the transit by the existing means ex pensive. The access to the Island is easy, and the means of com munication with Liverpool, Fleetwood, Whitehaven, Silloth, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, and other ports, both by sailing and steam vessels, are frequent and convenient. Hence, Tourists visit the Island in large numbers, above 100,000 p assengers h aving been landed at its Ports during the past year. Such Visitors, attracted by the antiquarian relics, scenery, and other objects of interest, would, as a matter of coarse, go by the proposed Railway from Douglas to the interior, and across the Island to Peel. The highest medical authorities bear testimony to the salubrity of the climate and purity of the water. The picturesque is united with the more solid advantage of cheap living, provisions being abundant and comparatively inn. pensive, whilst the rates of duties on foreign produce are so small as to render the Island most advantagerfts as a per manent place of residence. Her Majesty's Government and the Local Authorities are now expending upwards of £60,000, for the improvement of the Ports of Douglas and Peel. The Electric Telegraph to England has been recently established. The Lines of Rail will be single, with requisite sidings. The length of Line will be about twelve miles, and the gradients easy throughout. The landowners and popula tion along it are most favourable to the project. From Statistics recently collected on the spot, with much care, by competent persons, and well supported by O fficial Returns . , it is con fi de nt ly expec t e d th at t h e Tra ffi c re turn a g is an ood D E i stvidima end te o f the Traffic uon the Invested Capital, The fol lowing : Passengers, inclusive of Tourists £7,600 per annum. Goods Minerals, Fish, &c.. 5,500 Parcells and Mails Working E x p enses at even 50 per Cent£l3,lso . 6,500 Leaving for Dividend Plans, Sections, &c., of the Line are completed, and all necessary forms ar e b e i ng complied with, in accordance with the St. nding Orders of the Court of Tynwald to obtain an Act of the Local Parliament. Neither Imperial or Local Taxes are levied in the Island, and those heavy charges which tend so much to reduce the value of Railway property in Engl an d an d ot h er countr i es, no less than to diminish the Shareholders' Dividends, can not, in any degree whatever, prevail with respect to this Lino. Au eminent Contractor's firm have agreed to purchase the land, make the Railway, provide and fit up all Stations, furnish Rolling Stock for working the Line, and Telegraphs, upon satisfactory terms. Interest at 5 per cent. per Annum will be allowed, until the opening of the Line, on the amount paid upon shares. An advantageous arrangement can be made with respon sible parties to Lease the Line for 7. 14, or 21 years. Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Secretary, Solicitors, or Brokers of the Company. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND Co. year execute COMMISSIONS on all races thro ug h out the es ma r k e t price guaranteed. Remittances. Londo n and tren-p ar l t. Wtminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camb er- N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. AddreNs—BoTT and J ACKSON, " Man of the World" Wine stores, vorge l tnet, Camberwell-park, London. • • --- - The Council of the Royal Dramatic College, considering that the present is a favourable opportunity for promoting one of the main purposes of the Institution they have founded, beg to invite public support in aid of the E EtEC LION and ENDOWMENT of a SHAIISPERE SCHOOL for the classical and general education, with scholarships, of the Children of Actors or Actresses and Dramatic Authors—the noblest and most fitting Monument to the memory of the Player and Poet. The Council of the Royal Dramatic College beg to apprise the public, that all Subscriptions intended for the endow • ment of the Shakspere School should be paid only to the Master, New Theatre Royal Adelphi ; or to Messrs. Coutts, Bankers, Strand, London. A Public Meeting will shortly be held in the Royal Adelphi Theatre to advance this object, of which due notice will be given. Ladies, noblemen, gentlemen, and others interested in carrying out this design, are requested to communicate with the undersigned. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, Master. Feb. 27,1864. Committee Room (open from 11 till 4), 411, Strand. Secretary, Mr. Thomas Stuart. THE NATIONAL PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited). To be iteorpora ed under the Co,rpanies Act, MU, wh'eh , limits the _Liability of Sh3reholders to the amonat of their Shares. Alters ion of Title.--in consequence of some persons having on the day the advert Bement of this Company went to press registered themselves et t e Join -Stock Regis:er Office under the title of "NATIONAL MARINE 41N SURANCIf COMPANY," such Title is ^h cooed, and the Direc ore have substituted the ~ bove Title. Capital £1.000,000, in 40,000 Sh IT es of £25 each. First Issue, 20.000 Share £1 per Share to be p -lid on application, and £llos. per Share on at otment. It is not contemplated that more than £5 per Share w. 132 cilled up. DIRECTORS. Harrison Watson, Esq. (Messrs. J. R. Thomson and- Co.), Chairman of the Cape Town tud. Dock Railway Company. Robert W. Barclay, Esq. (Messrs. Tura, Barclay, and C 0.3, Gresham House. Abel Chapman, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of Marine Investment Company. H. A. Coffey, Esq„ Director of Marine Investment Company. E. De Pass, Esq.. Merchant, 9, Fenchurch-street. John Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Scott), Upper Thames-street. Charles F. Ellis, Esq. (Messrs. Henry Ellis and Son), 17 Gracechurch-street. G. Gilbert, Esq. (Messrs. Gilbert, Kerr, and Co.!, 3, Abchurch lane. Cornelius Grinnell, Esq. (Messrs. Grinnell, Tinker, and Mor gan , 7, Leadenhall-street. A. Jarvis, Esq., Merchant, Director, Standard Bank, South _ Africa. _ _ _ Robt. E. Shaw, Esq. (Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Co.), 34, Leadenhall-street. U. E. Mavrogordato, Esq., 5, Copthall-court, and Lloyd's. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Twells, and Co., London. SOLIC [TORS. Messrs. Sewell, Sewell, and Edwards. BitoX ERR. London—Sir It. W. Carden and Sons. Royal Exchange buildings. Liverpool—Robert Byrne, Esq., Royal Bunk buildings. Manchester—Charles P. Allen, Esq., India-buildin4d. Newcastle-on-Tyne—J. S. Chailoner, Esq., Dean-street, Bristol —Henry T. Chamberlain, Esq. Hull—Messrs. Wilkinson and Ingleby, Exchange-bil dings. Leeds—Messrs. Ridsdate and Wailes, Park-row. SECRETARY (pro tern.) Mr. W. Distant. Atiorrons—Me srs. Cash and co., Tok eihuuse-yard. Temporary Offices-4, lement's-lane, City. Notwithstaniirg the fa' ilities afforded far the t , rmation at-stockofjoi companies by the application of limited liability, many of our lame shipping towns are si ill without any im proved means of effecting marine insurance. The vast increase of shipping entering* and leaving the various provincial ports of the United Kingdom renders it very desirable that the inconveniences of the present system adpted in such ports for effecting Marine Insurances should be obviated, and the same facilities for insuring afforded as can be obtained in the metropolis. The Head Office of this Company will be in London, but its operations will comprise such towns as Liverpool, Bristol, Gloucester, Cardiff, Leith, Sunderland, Newcastle, and Hull, whose commercial importance afford, a large and profitable field .or Marine Insurance, and from the promises of support which have already been received the Directors entertain the greatest confidence In the success of the undertaking. A reference to the following stet sties will show the great success whi h has attended undertakings of his description when properly conducted, as well as the estimation in which their shares are held by the public, notwithstan ling the field of operations open to them is far more limited than that con templated by this Company:— Vet* share paid. Are now worth Alliance Marine . £25 0 0 £55 0 0 Indemnity „ London Ocean 91 Marine lB 0 0 .... 96 0 0 Thames and Mersey Marine 2 0 0 . 610 0 The profits made by Marine Insurance Companies gene rally, it is wellknown, are very large, butes some time must necessarily elapse, from the magnitude of their operations, before the actual amount realised can be arrived at, the Directors of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Com pany (Limited),-propose to pay out of their profits interest not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum for the first two years, dividing the surplus by way of bonus and reserve fund at the End of that period. An arrangement will be made with an underwriter of high standing toconduct the London business, whose connection and influence will at once become available to this Company. A fair proportion of the shares have already been privately subscribed for, and the Board will allot at the earliest pos sible date. Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained from the Brokers, the Solicitors, or Secretary pro tem., at the temporary of of the Company. T HE WARRANT BANKING COMPANY (Limited.) (vizia, ADVANCES ON MERCHANDISE AND SECU RITIES.) Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862. Capital £2,000,000, in 40,000 shares of £5O each. First Issue, 20,000 shares. Deposit £l per share on application, and £4 per share on allotment. Future calls will not exceed £5 per share, at intervals of three months. DIRECTORS. Joseph Bravo, Esq., of J. Bravo and Co., London. Archibald Bruce, Esq., of the late firm of Bruce and Co., Abchurch-lane, London. W. J. R. Cotton, of Culverwell, Brool s, and Cotton, London. A. D. De Pass, Esq., of De Pass and Sons, London. Abel Heywood. Esq., ex-Mayor of Manchester, Director of the Alliance Bank, Manchester. George Harvey Jay, Esq., Tokenhonse-yard, late of the firm of Quilter, Bali, and Jay, London. Thomas Jolly, Esq., of Thom +0 Jolly and Co, Manchester. William M'Andrew, Esq., of William M'Andrew and Sons, London. H. R. Marriott, Esq., of Henry Marriott and Co., Manchester. William M. Neill, Esq., of Neill Brothers and Co.. London and Manchester. George Palmer Robinson, Esq, Director of the Alliance Bank, London. Albert Ricardo, Esq., of A. and W. Ricardo, London. William Rawstron, Esq., of Ralph Rawstron, Manchester. BANKERS, London, Liverpool, and Manchester—The Alliance Bank. SOLICITORS. London—Messrs. Fyson, Tathams, Carling, and Walls, Fre derick'• -place, Old Jewry. Messrs. Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane. Liverpool —Messrs. Fletcher, Hull, and Stone. Manchester—Messrs. Sale, Worthington, Shipman, and Seddon. BROKERS. London—Messrs. J. and J. Whitehead, Mo - rgate-street Liverpool—Messrs. Gasquoine and Chamberlain. Manchester—Messrs. Shore and Kirk. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 21, Throgmorton-street, London. PROSPECTUS. While Exchange Banks and Credit Institu'ions have been established to connect this country financially with almost every foreign market, and to give fact ities for conveying to our shores every description of merchandi e, it is remarkable that as soon as the operation of importing is performed the monetary facilities are withdrawn. The bills drawn upon our merchants mature, and must either be 'net by the mer chant's capital unaided. or by sales. Thns, when tempo rani y there is an excess of any commodity imported, its price is undu y depressed, and a rion4 losses are incurred. Ordinary bankers and discount houses dislike making ad vances upon merchandise, having no organisation for exa mining the goods and correct y estimating their value. What they want are good bills, drawn on those who, know ing the value, have accepted for a fair advance. Division of labour is here as elsewhere found to be most convenient and profitable.. To meet this want, which every merchant must acknow ledge, the Warrant Bank ng Company is formed. The bu I ness of the Company will mainly consist in making .idv nces upon deposit of the staple articles of produce, represented by dock warrants or other means of absolute assignment, duly inspected and valued on behalf of the Company, and with a proper margin to allow for depreciation. These advances will be made in a ceptances by the Cora p,ny of the drafts of its customers, and as every bill will re present mer handise readily convertible, and b at the same time secured by the whole ca ital of a powerful Company, the exact position of which will be patent to al', there can be no doubt that the whole Dia oust Market will be available when it is desired by the holder to turn the bill into cash. It will be readily apparent that the existence of such an institution, while it will be of great service to merchants, an i increase the stability of the entire class, will be an equal con venience to bankers and ais :aunt firms, furnishing them with a class of bills ra"ely obtainable. In order to render the due payment of the Company's acceptances certain, the Directors undertake that the entire paid-up capital of the Company will be invested, and, so far as practicable, remain invested in British and East Indian Government securities, and upon deposit at call, and it is proposed that the capital thus paid up and invested within the first year shall reach the sum of at least £200,000. The field which exists for such an undertaking will be at once apparent from a glance at the Board of Trade returns of foreign impor s for the past year, which amounted (not to speak of home produce) to over £200.00,000. If we estimate the average stook of for, ign goods held in warehouse, as equal to three months' consumption, it would represent an amount of £50,000,000. Advanceiimity t;lso be made when deemed advisable upon Stocks and Shares, in permanent undertakings readily con vertible. A. re , sonable proportion will always be maintained be tween the extent of business undertaken and the cal ed-up capital. Should it be necessary, the latter will be increased to one million sterling, to be invested as already indicated, simply as a guarantee fund. . _ . Branches will, in due time, be established at Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, eic. &c. Too Directors will not receive any remuneration until the tharehblders have been paid Z 5 per cent. by way of dividend on their paid-up capitsl. Atter payment of 5 per cent. the Directors will receive one-fifth of the nett profits. No promotion money will be paid for originating this un dertaking. The preliminary expenses will be confined to the necessary disbursements Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the brokers, bankers, solicitors, and at the tem porary offices of the Company, but no. application for shares will be considered unless a deposit of £1 per share has been previon ly p , id to the bankers of the Company. In the event of no a lot ment being made the deposit will be returned without deduction, and should the number allotted be 1 ss than the number applied for, the payment in excess will be applied towards the balance of the deposit. FORK OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No.— To the Director; of the Warrant Banking Company (L 'tilted). Gentlemen, —Having paid to your Bankers the sum of being a Depo it of £1 per share on shares in the above company, I hereby request that you will lot me that num ber, and I aqree to become a member of the Company in re spect of such shares, or in respect of any less number you may airot me; and to pay on allotment the further deposit of £4 P r share thereon, and. I reqest that my name may be placed 0,1 the Register of Members for the in full s' area so alloted. ame Residence Profession or business Date •••t pultrarußE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed iii Shbvt , rcottis occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted hGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT 'fa FUR. , NISII are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and C - are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo Wm -able engravings of every description of Furniture and ...easteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised tale A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Tea-roamed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto 191 11 0 l'ogether with a erice List of purified Bedding, aid a mass of valuable informationto all requiring household furniture, :.arpets or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Thiry, E ty, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells. Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborouuh, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. A iban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great linta COBBETT and CO.. General House Furnishers. Deptford bridge, London, S.E, TEN PER CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS.- STRAND MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited) BONDS of £.50 each, are now ready for issue. constituting a First Charge upon the Property of the Company, repayable in Three. Years, and bearing Interest at £lO per Cent. per Annum, payable half-yearly. Apply at the. Offices of the Company, 315, Strand, W.C. or to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Stock and Share Broker, 11, Token house-yard, E.C. By Order of the Board, FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Secy. THE ALBION BANK (LIMITED) Capital £1,000,000 in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. First Issue, 10,0c0 Shares, Deposit LI per Share on Application, and £1 per Share on Affolment. It is not intended to call up more than Zl5 per Share. No call will be made for three months after allotment. Three months interval, at least, will elapse between two calls, and no call-will exceed £5 per Share. To be Incorporated under the Joint-Stock Companies Act of 1852, whereby each shareholder's liability is limited to the amount of his shares. DIRECTORS. James England, Esq. (late of Plymouth), Springfield House, Upper Clapton. Thomas Care, Esq.. Sheriff of Lou ion and Middlesex. W. F. Masters, Esq. (firm of W. F, Masters and Sons), Newgate-market. Benjamin Baugh, Esq., Bradford-street and Balsall-heath, Birmingham. J. T. Pritchett, Esq. (firm of J. T. Pritchett and Sons), 131, Fenchurch-streef. Thomas Aggs, Esq. (firm of Thomas Aggs and Co.), 155, Fen church-street, E.C. Henry Haggard, Esq., banker and bullion merchant, Cheapside. _ R. F. Potter, Esq. (firm of R. F. Potter and Co.), 25, Newgate- street A provisional arrangement has been made for merging an old-established private bank with the Albion Bank (Limited), the active Partner of which will join the Board as soon as the Directors are in a position to confirm the provisional agreement. • ------- BANKERS. Bank of London. Threadneedle-street. The London and Northern Bank, 2, Bank-buildings, London; and Newcastle, Leeds, and Huddersfield. BROKER. James Shepherd, Esq., Auction Mart. SOLICITOR. G. W. Coming Dean, Esq , 27, New Broad-street. AUDITORS, William Copper, Esq., public accountant, '3, George-street, Mansion-house. W. Andrews, Esc., Manager United Kingdom Electric Tele graph Company. SECRETARY (pro tem.) Mr. H. L. Price. Temporary Offices, 2, Bank-buildings. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Although the system of joint-stock banking has been esta blished to meet the requirements of most departments of trade, it has not been intro•iuced for the business of the Agricultural and Cattle-markets of the metropolis ; and though the population has doubled within the last twenty five years—and consequently the necessary q iantity 01 sup plies -yet the whole business, amounting to fifteen to twent y millions per annum, is left in the hands of a few private firms. The Albion Bank is introduced to provide increased facilities for this trade, by establishing an office in the City, as well as at Smithfield and the Metropolitan Catt e-market ; and subs( quently, should it be found desirable, by opening branches in the agricultural districts. The value of the rapidly-increasing commission business to be transacted by the Albion Bank can be readily appre ciata,d by a kno fvledge that the method in which dealiags are carried on at the Cattle-market toms titute3 the bank, the de po,itory of all the moneys passing iron the buyer to the producer. The Directors have entered into provisional arranqements by which the advantage of c mmencing up to en eAshl shed connexion, under competent and experienc d management, will be secured to Shareholders from the c immence meet of business, by whic'i they are warranted in expect ing that they wi 1 be enabled to de:lire a dividend during the first . c ear. Should no al otment take plan:: the deposits will be returned in full. Should a less number of Shares be a 1 , tied th -.11 are applied for, the deposit will be made available tow-ads the p •yment on •llotment, and the ba ance, if any, returned to the &polio int. Application for Shares may be addressed to the Bankers, Brokers, or Directors of the Company, and to the Sec et iry, at the Office of the Company. T HE LONDON and LIVERPOOL HOTEL COMPANY (Limited.) Capital, £120,000, in 6,000 Shares of £2l each. Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862. Deposit .C 1 per Share on Application, and £1 on Allotment. No call to exceed £3 per Share. DIRECTORS. Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Wilton-crescent, Belgrave • square, Director of the Alexandra Hotel Company, Captain Capel Coape, the Army and Navy Club. Colonel A. Lowry Cole, C.B. chairman of the National Vo lunteer Hotel Company, Wimbledon. Thomas Cotterell, Esq., Eaton-square, Director of the Benk of Hindustan. William Earp, Esq., Washington Hotel, Liverpool. Major William Fletcher Gordon, Wiltoii- crescent, Belgravia. Charles Heneage, Esq., Director of the Langham Hotel Com pany. Patrick Kean, Esq., Talbot-terrace, Westbourne Park, Bays water. Charles H. Maude, Esq., St. George's-square, Pimlico, Director of the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Com pany. Charles Bitable, Esq., Tulse Hill, Director of the Queen's Hotel, Norwood. Thomas Stanton, Esq., Porchester-square, Hyde-park, Direo tor of the Inns of Court Hotel Company. John Evan Tibbs, Esq., Hatton-court, Threadneedle-street, Director of the Staffordshire Rolling Stock Company. BANKERS. In London, Liverpool, and Manchester—The Alliance Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. In London--Messrs. Crosley and Burn, 34, Lombar 1-street. In Liverpool—Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Brown's-buildings. ARCHITECT. In Liverpool —J. A. Picton, Esq. AUDITORS. Messrs. Edwards and James, Publio Accountants, 18, King-street, Cheapside, London. Stanley R. Bennett, Esq., Public Accountant, 3', Nicholas lane, London. BROKERS. In London—Messrs. Crosley, Brothers, 30, Cornhill. In Liverpool—Messrs. Theakstone and Hargreaves, India buildings. SECRETARY (pro tern). W. Thompson, Esq. OFFICES. In London-29, Threadneedle-street. In Liverpool—The Washington Hotel. PROSPECTUS. Liverpool is the port through which the vast passenger traffic which exists between this country, America, the West Lilies, and Canada passes. It is obvious, therefore, that first-rate Hotel accommoda tion is not only desirable, but absolutely necessary ; and to supply that requirement the Washington Hotel was built within the last two years. It has been designed and fitted un on the model of the great American and Continental Hotels, replete with all the comfort, convenience, and luxury which modern taste can suggest. The Hotel Is situate in Lime-street, opposite the principal railway terminus, on one of the finest sites in the town. It contains about 200 rooms, furnished in the best style. Under the Hotel have been formed ice wells, capable of storing about 3,000 tons of ice. These arc the only public ice wells in Liverpool, and from their position can supply the whole town. The Company has arranged to purchase the lease of the Washington Hotel, together with the goodwill, stock in trade, furniture, and litAtugs. The ice wells, which are included In the purchase, are how full, and from that source alone the Directors expect that a dividend of 5 per cent. on the capital will be realleed. It is intended that the establishment in Liverpool shall be the principal Hotel, and that it shall co-operate with other existing hotels in London, Manchester, and other large towns in the United Kingdom, and also in America. As the Hotel is now in full operation, and making large returns, the delay occasioned by the erection of premises, and acquiring a business, will be avoided. The Company will take immediate possession of the pre mises, and enter at once upon the business, consequently re turns will be made forthwith, and the Directors believe that they are not over-estimating the profits when they anticipate large dividends for the shareholders. 'there will be no promotion money, and the preliminary expenses will be restricted to the amount actually incurred. If no allotment be made to a n a p p li can t , the deposit wi 1 be returned in full ; and if a less number of shares be allottel than are applied for, the balance of such deposit will be cre dited towards the payment on allotment. Plans of the property may be seen at the Offices of the Com pany, and also at the Brokers, where Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be had. THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL HOTEL COMPANY (Limited'. Capita' £120,000, in 6,000 shares of £2O each. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the London and Liverpool Hotel Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of £ being a deposit of £1 per share on shares of the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that num ber, and I agree (according to the form prescribed by the arti cles of association) to accept such shares, or any less number you may allot me, and I request that my name may be placed on the register of shareholders for the shares so allotted. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full Profession Address in full. Date •• • Th's form, when filled up and signed by the applicant, to be left with or sent to the Bankers, or le the Company s Offices, along with the deposit of £1 per share: the Bankers' rc Apt will be either given or sent by post. y AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad matted to be the best medi c i ne for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed case of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption Iv effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address ae. engraved on the stamp. EOllitars CiRATis, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdotn. or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," antaining a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Reaister •fiords, by sending the partictears of their properties to the Estate Offices, 6?, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible °tiara ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. . . _ THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur cnaser is introduced through idessrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. QOllO ESTATE. HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.--Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or havinf Business and Houses to be'dispose i of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail warCompensatlons, &e. Rents Collected. MADAME RACHEL'S CIRCASSIAN WASH and ALABASTER POWDER Beautiful for ever.-47A, New Bond-street. THE ORIGINAL ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, for Roast Meat, Rashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Fish, Game, &o. Prepared only by the proprietors, TfOS. Buex-and Bath-place, Daiston, London, N.E. BENSON'S WATCHES, a dapted f or an y c li mate and country; wholesale and retail. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, vertical, repeating, centre seconds, keyless, astronomical, reversible, and chronograph watches, from 200 to three guineas each. An illustrated pamphlet and price list of every description of watch post free for two stamps. J. W. BENSON, by special warrant of appointment watch and clock maker to H.R.H. the Princa of Wales. Manufac tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, E.C. HE NEW WE ATHER INDICATOR, By L. CASELLA, for correctly foretelling Changes in the Weather, either for Rain, Wind, or Moisture. Particu lars, with rules, by inclosing stamp. Also, just published, CASELLA.'S New and Improved FORMS for correctly REGISTERING METEOROLOGI CAL OBSERVATIoNS. 23, Hatton-garden, London, B.C. THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country should read " THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing what can be legally done, and the exact cost. To be had gratis and post free of Mr. Wetheifield, Solicitor of the Court, 25, Moorgate street, Bank. N.B.—Debts recovered on commission, without law ex pences to clients. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. 1/I[OLLARD , S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable Ddour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual remedy in curing bcal and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians ;see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, according to the degree of sulphur they contain, sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at all chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. B USINESSES. MR. ANDREW HIND'S JANUARY LIST, Containing NO Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, do., • Gratis. Letters, enclose stamp. Particulars entered free. Of f ices—Corner of LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. HOUSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE a Corner SHOP, at Holloway, and Three Pri vate Houses adjoining, producing £94 per annum. Ground rent £25. Price £715, or separately. Also the following : Chelsea, four. 1,000 guineas ; ditto, £5OO and .C 350; Camden town, two, £1,20 ), Holloway, two, £670 Homerton, six, £135 each, &c. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. FARM WANTED to rent, from 50 to 200 scree, with moderate-sized dwelling-house and outbuildings. Particulars to be sent to A. 11,15, Gudlima,n-street, Doctors'- commons, London. Family Residence and Land. MR. ANDREW HIND has to LET a comfort able HOUSE, in. Essex, fourteen miles from town and two from a station, delightfully situate on high ground, and commanding extensive views. Contains lofty drawing room, dining and morning rooms, four best and five other bed rooms, kitchens and cellars. Grounds comprise pleasure and kitchen gardens, shrubbery, paddock, and meadow, together about seven acres ; with lodge entrance, stabling, coach house, green house, ornamental water, and bridge. Rent, on three yeti's agreement, £120; fixtures, £5O; or the lease for 18 years at £lOO. Price, with fixtures, £2OO. Cards to view may be had at fhe Auction and Estate Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. HOUSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET a spacious HOUSE, at Brixton Hill, containing nine bed and reception rooms, with usual office.:, large pleasure and kitchen gardens, drc. Rent, £lO5. Also a large house, furnished, and the following : —Lewisham, rent £BO ; Barrow, £3O, &c. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul. Hackney, containing* 16 ro,ms, b asement, ( t c- ESIDENCE.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to lid LET or SELL an exc e ll ent D e t ac h e d HOUSE at bourhood is pleas tnt and health y ; so i l grave '. Rent, £9O. Price, freehold, £1,600. Offices, corner of Little Carter - lane, St. Paul's. The neigh- IRELAND. -Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE the Lessee's Interest in a convenient Small RESIDENCE and 78 Acres of prime LAND, pleasantly situate near the City of Cork, and commanding beautiful views of the harbour and surrounding country. Good shoot ing and fishing. Term of lease, 91 years; ground rent, £72. Price, £7OO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. IRPORTA.NT INFOR HATTON. DR. ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S FRIEND is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail ing* remedy for wounds of every description, burns, scalds, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, &c. PILUL/E ANTISCROPHULIE , confirmed by Sold in pots. Is. lid ., 2s. 9d„ t 1 8., and 225. each. Also his s ixty years' experience to be one of th e b est alterative me di c ines ever offered to the public. They fo rma mild an d super ior Family Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confine ment or change of diet. Sold i n b oxes, Is. l id. , 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., 118., and 225. each. Sold wholesale by the proprietors Beach Beach and Barnicott, Bridnort, by the London houses, and retail by all respectable medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies. 'JAYE'S WORSDELL'S PILLS.--These Pills are a purely vefTetable preparation, an d may b. taken 4 any time by either sex without f ear or ' danger. They act upon the bowels mildly yet effect ua l ly, and by their fine tonic, aromatic, and aperient properties, they remo ve all oppressive accumulations, regulate the secretions of the liver and bowels, strengthen the stomach, and purify the blood. Unlike many remedies, they do not induce li a b ility to take cold or esta blish a necessity for the habitual use of purgatives, and are MEDICINE. thus strongly recommended as th e BEST FAMILY iJsohilild,K2asye9,ctEasnqa.. 4s s f 6d P . ros iv pec hs t l H es alli ale Woodford, Essex. sold by all chemists and other dealers in patent me d icines, Prepared 2 m 2, e ß d i r sc e ot Bread-street, e d el - sy s' tr ba e e ty t, London. p er sons annually fall victims to Pul monaryKEATlNG'S COUGH LOZENGES.—S ta ti s ti cs g consumption, diseases of the chest, and the respiratory organs. P revent i on i s at al l t i mes better than cure ; be, therefore, prepa re d d ur i ng t h e wet an d wintry season with a supply of KEA TING ' S COUG H LOZENGES, which possess the vi r t ue of averting, as well as ah ll aw iso t r h d a e t rs s , o including of curing a cough or cold ; they are good alike for the young or for the aged—they soothe bronchi a l i rr it a ti on ; and for im. proving the voice, the preacher, statesman, singer, and actor have long patronised them. " St. Paul's Cathedral, 30th November, 1849. " Sir,—l have much pleasure in recommending your lozenges to ay be distressed with h oarseness. They have afforded on several occasion s when scarcely able to those m whoe relief m sin.. from the effects of catarrh. I think th ey would be very useful to clergymen, barristers, and p u b lic orators. "jam, sir, yours faithfully, " THOMAS FRANCIS, Vicar Choral. " To Mr. Keating." Prepared and sold in boxes, is lid, and tins, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and lOs 6d each. by Thomas Keating, chemist, &0., 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail b y all druggists and atent medicine vendors in the world. BED•ROOM CANDLES. "PRICE'S CANDLES, Which will not drop grease when carried. —Thin, very hard candles, sold in boxes is. and 3s. each, are recommended as the best carriers. " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. bine g found an whperace" SHER WOOD ECONOMIC BED LI,GHTS," in intended for use improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutt er l ess. Special candle ticks to fit thin candles, Is. a n d 2 s. 6d . eac h ; kets of cheapness 3 6 i c s a a ndle s greatf for j o ee n t e , s will h 11 reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOIL ha' SOAPS . She , woo4 Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, for tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SHE' RWOODOLE "'Price's Glycerine" m ay be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. capsuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot " Price's Patent," from 6d. ties, 6d. and ls. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold on the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." . _ Retail through any Grocer. Wholesale by Price s Patent Caudle Company (Limited), London. TEETH. —Mr. ESK ELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following aavantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option ' a a s Patent, t e at n t 3 , 9 7 B . , of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tiseefunreeetft7B.7h4stamps Inspection of specimens and consultations t ree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W.; explaining Mr. Eskell Bir mingham. Major-General Sir HE NRY C RA WL INS 0N,K.C.8., 1, Hill-street, Berkeley-square, Chairman. Right Hon. Viscount Bury, M.P., 48, Rutland-gate. The Very Rev. the Dean of Chichester, F.R.S. The Rev. G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General to the Forces, 8, Warwick-square. ChariesNetve. Esq., M.P., Oriel College, Oxford. Coleridge J. 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' Just out, THE HAND BOOK OF ASTROLOGY. vol. 11. " Free of all mystery ; by which every man may calculate his own nativity, and learn his own natural character and proper destiny." By ZADKIEL. London : G. Berger, 12, Newcastle-street, Strand. T.HE AUTOGRAPHIC MIRROR. Contents of No. 3, to appear on the 15th instant, price ls., by post is. Id. :—A. letter from George IV., when Prince of Wales, about the Princess Caroline ; from the Due D'Or leans, the Dnke of Wellington, Marshal Bugeaud, Baron Brunnow, Guizot, Thiers, Lord Byron, Gibbon (the Histo• Han), Strauss (the Author of " The Life of Jesus" , Fenimore Cooper, Miss Foote, Madame Ristorf, and 'No ketches, with Autograph, by the late Mr. Thackeray.- Office-110, Strand, W.C. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Entr6c, Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9, and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 Private Rooms for large or small parties. JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. T " OXFOR D, R, OXFORD STREET, IV. TIIIS EVENING, will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAUST, embracing the entire company of this establishment, with augmented band and chorus ; and other Musical Entertainments, supported by the following talented artistes :—Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Tyrrell,,Walmsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, &c. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmanti. UNSWORTH and EUGENE will make their re-appear arice This Evening. Comedy, by Mr. T. Maclagan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &C. Will shortly be producel, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai; and TIIE TWO GENTLE MEN OF VERONA, by Sir Henry Bishop. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balmy, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. The Fairy Entertainment, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS! Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander veil, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Hash," and en ables Mr. Morton, with the aid of Professor Pepper's Optical Illusion (known as the Ghost), to produce effects never before contemplated, and which have all been duly registered by him and Mr. J. H. Weston under the title of •' The Ghost in the Magic Fountains." By this new arrangement, that which is in reality nothing but a shadow, becomes to all ap pearance endowed with life, and when " Fame" takes her flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek their beds in the Crystal Waters, form a coup d'ceil of beauty unparalleled even in fairy romance. Prince Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Miss Townley. The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at half-past Nine o'c'ock. All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as usual, in addition to the above. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- In consequence of the non-arrival of the Royal Cirque of the Netherlands, the Man ger has provided for THIS EVENING a MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENT, including the First Gymnastic, Acrobatic, and Comic Artists of the day. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- FIRST WEEK of the NEW GRAND BALL ET DivERTISEMENT—Principal Dansense Polonaise, Madlle. Eviline Labzdika, with Forty Ladies. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. A full-length model of VICTOR TOWNLEY is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admission, is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. • During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission ls. Manager, M. GRENET. 44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. rIIHE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. JL Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Asters ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 M o dels, Natural Preparations, tte. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (for Gentlemen only). IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. 'Mir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at Is. led. and 2s. 9d. ; or free by poet for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. pRIZE MEDAL.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER dr CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, .. . . patented.. `2s. 2d. per lb. O r di n ary quality is. od, per lb. VEGETABLE CANDL▪ ES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality • • ... .....is. bd . per lb. Second quality 1s 3d. per lb. Third quality i s. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on ▪ Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— t Kensington (E s t a bli s h e d 1730). The large Establishment in England for the Manufacture Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. GERMANY AND DENMARK. (From the Times Special Correspondent.) PRUSSIAN HEAD QUARTERS, HADEtSLEBEN, March 7. Mach to the disgust of the army, and especially of the officers, to Nvom this country offers few re sources for passing their time, inaction is' still the order of the day ; but we hear that a part of the heavy artillery required for the siege of Duppel has come up, so that there are hopes of something been done before long. There were changes of quarters yesterday, the troops that lay here having marched north-west, in the direction of the Jutland frontier —a move which gave rise to reports that Fredericia was shortly to be attacked. The change of place may have been merely from motives of convenience in the matter of quarters, or it may have been con sidered. desirable to cover that part of the frontier whence the troops had marched which lately lay there. To replace the departed we have now in Hadersieben the Gondrecourt brigade, which fought and distinguisted - itself-in the principal action of this campaign, the fight at Oberselk. My last letter from Bolding was written under pressure of the post, and contained no mention of the ceremony Which occurred the same day at Wonsild, a small village two miles on this side of that town. Early in the forenoon seven battalions of the Guard, three squadrons of hussars, the Bran- - denburg Cuirassiers, and three batteries of artillery (all Prussians) formed a square in a &ill near the road. Into this square rode the Crown Prince, who then dismounted and proceeded to the distribution of the medals which the King has bestowed upon soldiers who have found opportunities of distino tiun in this campaign. As you know, the Prus sians have not yet had much to do, and the number of the decorated could not be very nu merous. Twenty medals were to have been given, but one of the intended recipients died the day be fore, and five were in hospital with wounds. On the breast of each one of the other 14 Prince Wil liam fastened the medal, then shook the newly decorated man by the hand, and rejoiced him with words of praise and kindness. He then remounted, ihe troops closed in, and he spoke to them as fol lows !--- arks of honour upon several among you, sure at being able to celebrate this 64 comradeS j — His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to bestow and I feel particular plet.'. day with you. It is true that what you have done has as yet been but little, but already you have had opportunities of showing that the old Prussian soldierly spirit inspires you, and that you are worthy of the confidence placed in you by our military chief. In company with our old accustomed brothers in arms, our comrades of the Imperial Austrian atmy, we have now been for a month in presence of the enemy, and whatever may be in reserve for us, you will, I am certain, fulfil the expectations of the Bing, whose heart is ever with us." A soldier, eager and vigilant for opportunity of distinction, may, if fortune aids him, find them in a petty skirmish as well es in a great battle, and doubtless the medals given on Saturday were well deserved, but it is a delicate mailer to address eulogiums to troops before the victory, leot with the intention only to encourage one should ,seem to overpraise. The Crown Prince got over the djffi culty with his usual judgment and good taste. The few words he spoke were exactly what the occasion required, and his prais3 of the good spirit that ani mates the Prussian troops was perfectly well merited. They have had a month of great hardship, which they have borne with the utmost cheerful ness, the only complaint heard from them being that they had so little to do in the way of fighting. The Prince concluded his short speech with a cheer for the King and the Emperor, and, turning to General Gabienz, the Austrian commander, who had ridden over from Hadersleben to witness the cere mony, he shook him by the hand. The troops then marched past, and the parade was over. Fair play is generally considered to be a particular characteristic of Englishmen, and, however Danish their sympathies may be, I wonder to see certain English journals accepting gross fabrications as truths, and making them the groundwork of unjust and insulting attacks upon the Austro-Prussian army now in Schleswig. As a general reply to such attacks I beg to state in the most positive manner that no cruelties or misconduct of any kind have been committed by either Prussians or Austrians. We do not see many English papers up her; but we do see a few, and now and then some kind friend sends a particularly abusive scrap to some officer whom he thinks it may annoy. So far as I have observed, the Prussians are comparatively spared, but the Austrians are set down as barba rians, plundering Croats, and bloody Pandoure, going about, doubtless, with little children spitted on their bayonets. Ido not believe there are any Croats in the Austrian army corps now in Schles wig; but it matters very little whether there are or not, for if Croats there be they form no exception to the rule of good conduct that prevails among the troops under Marshal Wrangel's command. I be lieve that in no garrison town in England is there less disorderly conduct and less crime in proportion to numbers than there is on the part of the Geaman army now in Schleswig. I need not say that Ido not speak merely from my own observation, and that I do not take my accounts of the behaviour of the military from the military themselves. I ask the inhabitants; especially those whose sympathies I have reason to think Danish, and others who have repeatedly had numbers of troops quartered upon them, and they all give the same account, and speak highly of the good behaviour of the men. It is the rarest thing possible to flee a drunken soldier. As to offences against property, I have heard ex tremely few alleged, and those of the most trifling description. The only well authenticated outrage that has come to my knowledge was committed by a Hungarian corporal and four soldiers, who de manded money from a peasant, and, as he had none, took his watch. Punishment followed quickly on the crime. The corporal was shot, and the men sentenced to terms of imprisonment. With such rigorous justice as this, there are not likely to be many infractions of discipline or injuries inflicted on the inhabitants. In no way do the Austrian troops merit the name of barbarians, which I saw lately applied to them in an English paper. They are as orderly and well behaved as any troops I ever saw. I hear they have been taxed by the Danes with cruelties and atrocities, but I doubt if evidence could be adduced in support of such charges. What amount of quarter they may have given on the battle-field I know not; both at Oberselk and O ver . see the bayonet was freely used, but in both Com bats prisoners were taken, and in former letters I deposed to the kindness wit h which the Danes were treated, no difference whatever being made in the hospitals between them and wounded Austrians. At Oberselk Gen. Gondrecourt was near losing his life by the hand of a Danish p riso ner. The man was wounded, a handkerchief bad been gi ven hi m to serve as a temporary bandage, and none were paying further attention to him, w nen he took up a musket and fired it at the Genera;, who was within a few pices of him. Fortunately, he missed his aim. The me by an officer who wit nessed it. A number of German newspaper writers who had distributed themselves in the district occupied by the army received orders yesterday to depart within three days. It appears that there exists at Flens burg a regular committee, with the object of sup porting and furthering the cause of the Prince of Augustenburg, and that in connexion with it a num. ber of correspondents have been writing to German Since I began this latter the order itroeilltge4 bee/ given. 'Headquarters are on dble/16Si in another hoar will have left for Wonsilaihata. S to say, Marshal Wrangel and his staff—the Aus trian General going, as I hear, to some other village in the direction of Kolding. Of the object of the move nobody knows anything, unless it be the Marshal himself; but most people seem glad to got away from this place. Of course,this move north wards induces people to think the army is going to penetrate into Jutland, perhaps to besiege Frederi cia ; but this is mere conjecture, and on Binh matters you are likely to be informed at least as soon as we are. I fear there will be great difficulty for quarters at Kolding and in that neighbourhood, for already on Saturday there was no room. ot Englishmen certa i nly manage to make their way about foreig n countr i es in 'the teeth of difficulties which one would suppose insurmountable. Brack- floaartdi,nwghtohwe otherwas sinth In e rn bar-room -roo in tu w th i e th co th ff e d ee- o ro o o r m ope a n t Apenrade, I suddenly h oard a voice. , say to the land between us, " Can you speak English ?" The words were spoken in Evglieb, and, few though they were, a something in the accent brought to my memory pleasant days passed amid the green lanes of Devonshire. l i t so happened th e l andlord could speak English, as is the case with m any of his class in this country, and he replied to some inquiries addressed to him by the stranger, who presently came into the room where I sat, and looked well pleased to find a countryman there. Re had just come from Denmark, he said. I ventured to suppose that byDenmark he meant North &hies wig or perhaps Kolding: Not a bit of it ; he came from the Island of Funen, whither he had been sent from England on business connected with a wreck that had there taken place. He had been at Fanen the day before, had come across to Jutland, and then southwards through the Prussian linee. He of course had been speedily laid hold of by the out posts and conducted to an officer. But be could speak neither German nor Daniel', and had no pass port. What could be done with such an inexplicable wanderer ? Had he spoken a little German it might have been his ruin, for he then would have been examined and probably detained for further investi gation and for the decision of the higher authorities. Ignorance in his case was decidedly bliss, as far as bliss can be considered compatible with night travel ling at this season in this part of the world. He had no papers, he could give no account of himself, but ho was manifestly an Englishman, for besides that his external man testified pretty strongly to that fact, only Englishmen run themselves into such predicaments. He had had business in Fu nen, and wanted to get to England by way of Hamburg, and the shortest and quickest road was through Schleswig. It was no business of his if Greeks and Trojans, Danes and Germans, stood in arms against each other across the line of his pro gress; their quarrels were nothing to him, and he had learnt at school that a straight line is the shortest way from one point to another. So he walked into the embraces of a Prussian picket, and seemed to think it rather good fan than otherwise that he had been marched for 20 miles between a couple of Dragoons, with drawn pistols, prepared to scatter the contents of his brainpan on the first sus picious sign. He did not consider that travelling in foreign countries with whose language he was to tally unacquainted was particularly inconvenient; and in this respect, considering his recent emporia once, I was really inclined to admit that he was not far wrong. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The ordinary weekly meeting of the members of the Metro politan Board of Works was held yesterday at their offices, Spring-gardens, Mr. J. Thwaites, the chairman, presiding. The cash statement showed that the cash balances in the hands of the treasurer were—On current accounts, £106,815185. ; on deposit accounts, £82,800 ; and on Go vernment securities, £96,732 Bs. 7d. STREET TRAMWAYS. A report was brought up from the &mato; Committee on the subject of suburban tramway omnibus communication, which recommended that the board express no opinion relative to that question until the plan shall be laid before Parliament. The recommendation was adcpW. PURCHASE or LAND FRONT THE BOARD OP WORKS Mr. W. TITE, M.P., moved —" That the letter of Messrs. Bircham and Co., with a proposal for leasing and purchasing the plots of land remaining unsold is Southwark-street, and for purchasing all the plots in the new street from Black friars to the Mansion-house, be referred to the Streets Committee for consideration and report; and that the pro posers be allowed to attend the committee to explain in detail the nature of their proposal." He said the company was composed of highly-respectable French capitalists, and their object was to purchase land in large quantities, and resell in smaller portions. Tho proposal had been before the Streets Committee and rejected, but he thought there would be an advantage gained in sending the matter back for reconsideration. Mr. FREEMAN said he could not understand why the motion was brought forward, because it had been referred to the Streets Committee and reported upon, and there was, no reason why it should be referred back to them. The CHAIRMAN said there was a mistake on that ques tion. It was thought that the committee reported against it because they objected to selling the rand wholesale inbtead of in lots; but that was not the reason the committee re ported against the proposal. The solo reason was, that the offer made for the land was totally insufficient, and there fore it had been rejected ; but if they wore disposed to ad vance on their offer the committee would entertain it. He thought the question might be referred to the committee, After some discussion as to the terms offered the motion was agrced to. THE THAMES E3IBANKMENT. The CfrAiumnx said the time had arrived when the Board must consider the subject of raising a loan for the Thames Embankment, and he thought the question was of such im portance that it ought to be considered in a committee of the whole Board. There were many questions they would have to discuss, and it was very desirable that they should con sider them in a committee of the whole Board, in the deci sion of which the Finance Committee and Thames Embank ment Committee would concur. He therefore suggested that the matter should bo referred to the Thames Embank ment Committee (which is a committee of the whole Board) for considuation and report. The motion was formally moved and adopted. PROPOSED METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS. The Streets Committee brought up their report, submit ting the report of the engineer of his interview with the engineers of certain metropolitan railways, and recommend ing that he be instructed to attend the further conference of the engineers, with a view to the maintenance and protec tion of the works of the Board and other local bodies, and of the public interests generally. The adoption of the report having been moved and seconded, Mr, SAUNDERS moved as an amendment the following addition to his motion :—" But that it be distinctly under stood that his acts or demeanour shall not pledge the Board to any of the schemes proposed." A long discussion ensued, during which the powers Of the engineer were severely criticised, and on the amendment being put to the Board it was lost by a majority of 18 to 12. Mr. LEGGE then moved as an amendment, " And that such suggestions and acts of the engineer shall be admitted as approved of by the Board." He contended that as the Board would not agree to the amendment protecting it from being pledged by the acts of the engineer, they could not refuse to being pledged by him. Mr. ROCIE seconded the amendment. Mr. FREEMAN opposed it, and said they had rejected the words only because they were unnecessary. The amendment was then put and rejected, and the ori ginal motion was agreed to. The routine business was disposed of, and the Board ad journed, LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. — Monday—Royal Academy at 8; " Sculpture," Professor Westmacott ; Architects, at 8 ; Geographical, at 83, "Notes on Vancouver's Island," Dr. Forbes ; " Fraser and Peace Rivers and Gold Fields of British Columbia," by Lieutenant Palmer; Society of Arts, at 8, "Art applied to Industry—Furniture," Mr. Barges. Tuesday—Royal Institution, at 3, "Animal Life," Profes sor Marshall; Statistical, at 8; Anthropological, at 8, "Ethnographic a l C as t s, " Mr. H. von Seh la g intw eit ; "The Dotnber," D r . Sh or tt ; " Mind, Language, Man," Mr. Owen Pik e; " N egro 'taco and Civilisation," Mr. Guppy; Engineers, at 8, " Resistance to Bodies passing through W a t er ," M r . Phipps. Wednesday — Meteorological, at 7 ; Soci e ty o f A r t s , a t 8, "Organisation of the Corps Ira penal des Pouts et Chaus6es in France," Mr. Burnell. Thursday—Chemical, at 8, " Theory of Organic Peroxides," Sir B. Brodie; Z oo l og ical, at 4 ; Numismatic, at 7; Anti quaries, at 8; L i nnea n, at 8, " Variation and Geo gra phi ca l Di s t r ib u ti on , illustrated by thePapilionidm," M r. W a ll ace; Royal, at 8i ; Royal Institution, at 3, " Animal Life," Professor Marshall, Friday—Phil o l og i cal , at 8 , Roya l Institution, at 8, " Contributions to Mole3ular Physics," Professor Tyndall. Saturday —Royal Institution, 3, "Me tallic Elements," Er. Frankland.--„lthenceunt. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., R.- J A C 0 B. By the Author of "John and L" "'Dr. Jacob' Is a novel of the 'Jane Eyre' and Vilette ' school, and abounds with singular power , in painting conti nental habits and human character.' —Messenger. "An original, well-written, and interesting story. We strongly recommend it to our readers."—Observer. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.